Type casting and setting machine



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TYPE CASTING AND SETTING MACHINE Fil ed July 16, 19,36 7 Sheets-Sheet 7 Patented Jan. 4, 1938 UNITED STATES,

PATENT OFFICE Application July 16,1936, Serial No. 90,964 In France July 19, 1935 13 Claims.

This invention relates to-improvements in machines for casting and setting movable type, such as that known under the name of Rototype, described in the United States Patents Nos. 1,195,-

742 and 1,553,190.

These machines have usually been provided up to now with a frame carrying matrix blocks sliding on the front of the machine by means of a crank and Worm. For changing the type, the operator is compelled to unlock the frame and to turn the crank until the desiredblock is at the level of the mould.

On the contrary, owing to the matrix-carrying frame according to the invention, this change can be effected without any other intervention,

on the part of the operator than the simple de pression of two keys on the keyboard. He thus marks, for instance by two pawls of the main pawl-carrying drum, that the change of type must take place at the time these pawls, lifted by the keyboard, come opposite the clutch determining the movement effecting the change of blocks. This change takes place automatically.

During type-setting, the block which is opposite 5 the mould receives, as is well known, two movements: a movement of rotation, and a reciprocating movement. The action of the pawl actuated by the first key depressed stops the reciprocating movement of this block when the latter is at one 30 end of its stroke, for instance at the left. It is only in this position that it can be moved, through a quarter of a revolution, if the blocks are four in number.

It is the action of the pawl actuated by the seeond key which causes this replacement. The

block thus placed in front of the mould immediately resumes its reciprocating movement: the type-setting is not delayed.

It is known moreover that the Rototype machine comprises an operating lever which, by acting on the members with which it is in contact, allows of obtaining:

(1) The measurement of the gap to be filled up by the spaces in a line recorded on the drum;

(2) The distribution of this gap according to the number of spaces contained in said line;

(3) The transmission of this value of distribution;

(4) The resetting to zero of the counter for the thicknesses of the letters;

(5) The resetting to zero of the counter for the spaces;

(6) The recording on the drum of the end of the line of type set.

The raising and lowering of this lever was effected up to now by hand and the actuation of said lever, which required an effort on the part of the operator, was sometimes unsatisfactory.

On the contrary, according to the invention, this actuation causing the six functions mentioned above, is automatically obtained by simple depression, by means of the finger, of a key of the keyboard of the machine.

In other type casting and setting machines, the widths of the letters depressed on the keyboard are recorded on a countenprovided with a rotating drum, which indicates, at the end of the line, a plurality of digits. For obtaining justification, the operator must depress the keyscorresponding to these digits, taking care not to make a mistake. In that respect, the invention reduces the work of the operator to the depression of a single key, always the same, without any reading of digits or depression of other keys being necessary.

Moreover, it is known that the Rototypef machineis provided with a control and so-called repetition lever, which allows the operator to move the drum forward to the extent of one division or in a continuous manner, independently of the keyboard.

When the operator, for instance, comes to the end of an article, or, when at the end of the day, he desires to terminate the casting of the lines recorded on the drum, he must then, according to the known device, actuate the repetition lever as many times as there remain recorded letters to be cast from the time he no longer sets new type on the keyboard.

The same actuations would be necessary when casting type for filling cases.

The present improvements eliminate this obligation. They allow of automatically casting the recorded lines, for instance at the end of an article or at the end of the day,by actuating only once the repetition lever.

Finally, up to now the composing of tables on the Rototype machine is effected by hand in separate columns which are subsequently assembled on the press bed or press-stone. On the Rototype machine this can thus be effected without any difiiculty by composing column by column with the required justification and by subsequently assembling them.

The device according to the invention avoids the manipulation and manual assemblage of the columns, thus accelerating the composing.

Moreover, the present device can, for the composing of tables, be very rapidly placed in position and removed with the same rapidity for passing to the normal composing without tables.

When the said device is applied to the Rototype machine, profit is of course derived from the advantages of the latter; in particular, it is possible to use in one and the same table different kinds of type.

An embodiment of the improvements according to the invention will now be described, by way of example, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a plan view.

Fig. 2 is a side View.

Fig. 3 is a cross section,

Figs. 4 and 5 are detail views.

Fig. 6 is a front view.

Fig. 7 is a section of Fig. 6 made through a vertical plane.

Fig. 8 is a section of Fig. 7 made through a horizontal plane.

Fig. 9 is a side view.

. Fig. 10 is a front view.

Figs. 11 and 12 are detail views. Fig. 13 is a front View.

Fig; 14 is a side view.

I Fig.15 is a plan view.

. Fig. 16 is a detail side view.

Fig. 1'7 is a plan View corresponding to Fig. 16.

The matrix blocks, in the example four in number, are placed between two discs I98 arranged in the matrix-carrying frame I99. At the center, between the four blocks 20l is arranged a square shaft 200, serving as a bearing for the blocks during the casting of the type. Said shaft 200 also holds both discs I93 at the required distance apart.

Near its right-hand end, the square shaft 200 carries a socket 202 which holds apart two outer discs,'one of which, 203, serves to move the blocks forward through a quarter of a revolution, and the other, 213, serves to lock the discs 190 and, consequently, the corresponding matrix block in the exact positionin front of the mould.

'Ihe'frame I99 is made in two parts: a lower part,which can be inserted between two slides 204 secured on the frame of the machine,'the other, I99 forming a cover for both discs 198. This cover I99 is secured on the lower part by four screws; both cylindrical discs E90 rotate without play between the lower part and the cover. On the other hand, said cover is provided, at its upper part, with a handle in order that the Whole may be easily inserted and removed behind the slides 204.

A crank 205, connected to a shaft 98, effects exactly one revolution when the pawl, actuated by the second depressed key, acts on the corresponding clutch member, for instance in the manner described in the United States Patent No. 1,553,190. The crank pin 206 of crank 205 is fitted in a slide-block 206imoving in a slide 20'! formed in a large lever 201. The movement of rotation of crank 205 causes lever 201 to rock.

In Fig. 2, the levers 201-209 and 2 are shown in their position of rest, but, in Fig. 1, the lever 2 is rotated forward to the extent of 90 in order that its pivot 'pin 2E6 and the pawl 2l2 should be visible. I

In the first phase of the movement of rotation of crank 205, thelever 201 is pushed towards the right relatively to the vertical in the directionof the arrow.

It encounters the stud 208 of a lever 209 mounted about the-pivot pin M0 and releases the conical nose 209 of this lever from a notch a,

also of conical shape for ensuring the exact position and provided in the disc 2l3. At the same time, this lever 20'! moves towards the right, by its forked end, a lever 2H arranged between the discs 203 and 2l3 until the pawl 2I2 of this lever 2| I, mounted about the pivot pin 2 l 0, has reached the recess b formed in the disc 203 and enters said recess. At this moment, the crank 205 has moved through a quarter of a revolution and has moved the lever 201 to its extreme righthand position.

By continuing its movement of rotation, the crank 205 begins to push the lever 20'! to the left, towards its starting position. As the pawl 2l2 is engaged in the recess b of disc 203, the latter and with it all the movable portion of the frame, that is to say the discs I98, central shaft 200, the four matrix blocks 20! with their shafts, the four pinions 2M and drums H5, is moved forward, in the direction indicated by an arrow, to the extent of 90.

The matrix block which was previously located in front of the mould is therefore replaced by the next block, at 90 from the preceding one. The crank 205, continuing its movement of rotation towards the starting position, restores the lever 20'! to the position shown in Fig. 2, and stops.

When leaving its extreme right-hand position for returning towards the left, the lever 20! moves away from the stud 208 of lever 209, which, under the action of a spring not shown in the drawings, moves the nose 209 towards the periphery of disc 2l3 which is rotating.

This nose exerts a certain pressure on the disc 2|3, which pressure, far from being prejudicious t0 the operation, has the effect of reducing the vis viva generated by the rapid movement of the whole.

At the end of the movement of lever 207 towards the left, the next notch a comes in front of the nose 209 of lever 209 which, pushed by its spring, immediately enters therein and thus ensures the exact position of the fresh block relatively to the mould.

This movement of rotation through a quarter of a revolution rapidly takes place and generates, owing to the weight of the whole, a relatively important vis viva which, at the end of this movement, would cause a shock. For avoiding this shock, the apparatus is provided with two levers 2|! and 2H8 each mounted at one end of a shaft 2 l9 (Figs. 2 and 3).

The lever 2|? is arranged between the lever 209 and the frame !99; when the lever 209 is pushed. by lever 20'! in the direction of the arrow, it acts, through a stud 208 on lever 2H and moves it through a certain angle.

The lever 2!! being rigid with the shaft 219 and lever 2l8, it therefore moves the end of the latter away from the periphery of a disc 220. The latter is secured, by screws, on the left-hand disc I98 and, consequently, rotates with all the movable portion. The disc 220 is provided, on its periphery, with four notches in which the lever 218 can enter. These notches are similar to the notches b-formed in disc 203; the lever 2l8 enters therein before the rotation has completely stopped. The levers 2H and 2I8 are urged towards the center by a spring (not shown); the end of lever 2l8 therefore enters one of the elongated notches of disc 220 as soon as it comes opposite the end of said lever.

The locations and the manner in which the disc 220, lever H8 and its shaft 219 are secured have been so chosen as to most efficientlyabsorb the shock which occurs at the end of the movement, and the whole operates perfectly. I

The frame I99 carries four matrix. blocks 20I, two only of which are shown on the drawings, Fig. 1. Each of the blocks 20I rotates, with its drum 2I5 and its pinion 2 I4 in bearings provided on the discs I98; they can horizontally move on the shafts 22I under the action of a lever 222 which imparts to the block opposite the same a reciprocating movement.

It is therefore only the block which is opposite the mould which receives the two movements. The three other blocks are held stationary in the position determined by the rib 223 of frame I99 which enters their collar, that is to say near their left-hand end, and prevents them from horizontally moving.

The change of a block is obtained asfollows:

The change is recorded on two pawls of the drum; the first acts on the device stopping the reciprocating movement; this reciprocating movement is stopped when the block 20I is in its extreme left-hand position, as shown in Fig. 1. The lever 222 therefore also stops in the same position. This occurs for a certain advance of the drum. Upon the next advance, the pawl corresponding to the second key depressed, acts on the clutch of crank 205. The crank 205, by its crank pin 206, actuates the lever 201 which releases the nose 209 of lever 209 from the disc 2I3. The lever 2| I, through its pawl 2I2, causes the disc 203 to rotate forward through a quarter of a revolution and with it the matrix blocks.

The block 20I which was located in front of the mould, therefore moves down through a quarter of a revolution and is replaced by the second block, or by the third or the fourth block if necessary. Of course, each new change must be recorded beforehand on the pawls by action on the keyboard. The movement of rotation has not been stopped during the change; the outgoing block has disengaged from the driving pinion, and the next pinion has engaged with this driving pinion quite as easily. 1

The reciprocating movement has still to be started. For that purpose, the disc 203 carries, on its outer face, four projections 0 (Figs. 1 and 2) spacedapart to the extent of I In the path followed by these projections is arranged a clutch lever which, pushed back at the end of the movement of rotation of disc 203, couples the lever 222 and thus causes block 20I to resume its longitudinal movement. The composing can therefore be immediately continued, without loss of time.

Referring to Figs. 6 to 8, it will be seen that an eccentric I60 is mounted on a stub shaft I6I secured in the support of the keyboard I0, the latter being carried by the frame I of the machine. The stub shaft I6I is moreover provided with a socket I62 carrying, on one side, a coupling ring I62 and, on the other side, a sprocket wheel 162. This sprocket wheel is actuated from a pulley of the composing stick and continuously rotates in a counterclockwise direction.

On the other hand, the eccentric I60 is held in the position shown in Fig. '1 by means of a roller I63 mounted at the end of a lever I64 and extending in a small notch of this eccentric; the arm of the lever I64 carrying the roller I63 is, for that purpose, loaded with a weight I65.

About the pivot pin I61 is mounted another lever I66, the left-hand end of which, of wedge shape, rests on the coupling ring I62; this lever fllifithusholds iii-disengaged position a movable key I68 similar to that designated by reference number 36 in said United States Patent No. 1,553,190. I

"In Fig; 7, the lever I66 is shown in its position of rest; its right-hand end carrying a key I66"- is in normal position; this key can be depressed by simple pressure of a finger. The second arm of lever I64 is connected, by a connecting rod I6, to thelever I23 provided with a handle and which, up to now, at the end of the recording of each line, had to be released by hand, lifted, lowered and hooked on again. It is these movements which are rendered unnecessary by the present device which also allows of dispensing with the depression of a key for marking on the drum the end and the beginning of the type line set.

At the end of a line formed on the keyboard and recorded on the pawls 5 of drum 4, the operator depresses the key I66 of lever I66 and thus lifts the other end of said lever, thus releasing the movable key I68 which immediately couples the rotating socket I62 to the eccentric I60. The latter, after having effected a revolution in the direction of the arrow, moves the key I68 in front of lever I66 which, by its wedge shaped incline, pushes it back and disconnects this key I68 from the socket I62 which continues to rotate.

During the rotation of the eccentric I 60, the lever I64, pulled by the weight I65, pivots; its right-hand arm rises, pushing before it the connecting rod I64 connected to lever I23, lifts the latter to the required level and lowers it immediately after.

By this movement of lever I23, effected mechanically, the effects indicated above are obtainedyviz:

'(1) The measurement of the gap to be filled up by the spaces in the line;

(2) The distribution of this gap on the number of spaces contained in this line;

(3) The transmission of the value'thus obtained;

(4) The resetting to zero of the the thicknesses of the letters;

(5) The resetting to zero of the counter for the spaces;

(6) The depression of the key for recording the end of the line.

When the lever I23 rises, it releases, by its foot I23 (Fig. 6) the lever I12 which was held in the position shown inFig. 6. This lever I12, urged by a spring I12 rocks towards the right, until its flexible end comes behind curved end I69 of a blade I69. The latter is connected to a three arm lever I10 urged by a spring I10 Its arm I10 extendsacertain distance beyond its point of attachment to the blade I69; when the cam I60 returns towards the position shown in Fig. 6, the blade I69 is pushed towards the left; when this movement takes place, the arm I10 comes in contact with a lever I13 and pushes it.

The arm I10 of lever. I10 is provided with a pivoted pawl I10 which, by lifting, engages with the clutch lever I52 for the rotation of the drum.

The third arm I10 of lever I10 acts on the key I9 which actuates a pawl of the drum which marks the end of the line and causes the starting movement towards the galley of the type line cast.

The end of arm I10", during its movement towards the left, comes in contact with a lever counter for I13 secured on one of the pillars or uprights of thethickness counter I8 and pushes it. The forked end of lever I13 engagesilwith a projection I13 of a horizontal blade I14, and pushes the latter horizontally towards the right until'it comes with its notch I14 below thenose I15 .of a lever I15, which holds it stationary in this position.

In .the position shown in Fig. .1, the descent of the nose I15 into the notch I14 is impossible, the lever I15 being held in its position by the central rod 8I of the thickness counter I8; at the end of the type line composed, the central rod BI is moved towards the left to an extent corresponding to the length of the line, and nothing prevents the engagement of the nose I15 with the notch I14 The blade I14 being thus held stationary, the return of the central rod BI, and of the index 95 it carriesat its left-hand end, to its starting position is thus facilitated.

To the index 95 is attached a small chain (not shown) loaded with a weight, which after each type line composed, causes the central rod of the counter, with its index, to return towards the right to its starting position.

During the return of the central rod 8 I, and for giving it sufficient time to accomplish this movement, the blade I14 is held, by the nose of lever I15, in its right-hand position, but, immediately the central'rod 8| has reached the end of its movement towards the right, its end strikes against the lever I15, lifts it; to the position shown, and the nose I15 releases from the notch I14 of blade I14 which, under the action of a spring, returns to the left, the lever I13 returning to its original position.

As the blade I14 is held stationary in its locked position by the nose I15 ,.the central rod 8| is held free for its return to the right owing to its curved left-hand end I14 which acts on lever 83; the latter is provided with a left-handed screw which clamps and loosens the central rod for stopping it or for releasing it.

In the locked position of blade I14, its end I14 holds the lever 83 in the position in which the screw is loosened; the central rod 8I is free to slide and, consequently, to return without hindrance to its original position. The blade I14 released by the lever I15, releases in its turn the lever 83, the screw of which locks again the central rod BI.

A device for correcting the position of the pawls 5 of drum 4 is also provided. This device is arranged on the left-hand side-of the machine (Fig. 6), and is composed of ,a flexible shutter I16 mounted on a pin I16 supported by the two walls of the support of the composing-stick. This shutter has a width corresponding to the depth of the drum; it engages with all the pawls 5 passing in front of it and completely opens those which would not be sufficiently opened by the blades of the keyboard. On the pivot pin of the shutter is mounted a lever I11 which, under the action of a spring, holds the shutter in position on the paths followed by the pawls. The suitably projecting pawls push back the shutter I16; those which do not project to a sufficient distance are raised and no longer risk being accidentally withdrawn before reaching the right-hand side of the keyboard. Errors are thus avoided which might be caused in the composing by missing or non-cast type owing to the premature with drawal of pawls 5. v

Referring to Figs; 9 to 12, it will be seen that I'18 designates a cam shaft which, by rotating through a revolution, controls the casting and composing orsetting of a type. A round rod I82 is arranged between the supports I and NH, parallel to the cam shaft I18, and this rod I82 is .capable of rotating; said rod I82 carries, near its left-hand end, two levers I83 and I84 rigid therewith, and, near its right-hand end, it carries a lever I85.

This lever I85 is connected, by a link I86, to a lever I81 secured to the. end of a rod I88. The rod I 88 is carried by supports I89 and I90 on the right-hand side of the machine, at right angles to'rod I82. On the other end of rod I88, on the front of the machine, is secured a lever ,I9I the left-hand end of which extends under the repetition lever I52.

The main cam shaft I18 rotates in the direction of the arrow traced on the small hand wheel I92 (Fig. 9) This cam shaft effects a single revolution and stops, owing to the provision of a clutch, known per se, controlled by levers 6263 (Fig. 9). The latter are actuated by the pawls 5 of drum 4.

Every time the drum 4 moves forward to the extent of one division in the direction indicated by the arrow, two of the pawls 5, if there are any projecting pawls in the series, come in contact with two of the corresponding levers 62 and 63 and slightly lift them; the movement is transmitted to levers 6586 which, on the one hand, cause the movement of rotation and of translation of the matrix block to stop and, on the other hand, determine immediate engagement of the cam shaft I18.

During ordinary composing, it is the operator who by depressing the keys of the keyboard causes the drum to move forward. When the composing is finished, several lines recorded have still to be cast. Up to now, the operator was compelled to lift the repetition lever I52 as many times as there were type to be cast. Usually, their number amounts to about one hnudred. It was therefore necessary to lift the lever I52 a considerable number of times. By means of the present device, this operation is automatically effected.

For that purpose, the operator simply releases the lever I9I and moves it to the position shown in Fig. 10, in which its end is placed under the lever I52. By lifting the latter only once, the operator starts the drum 4, the forward movement of which causes cam shaft I18 to be thrown in gear. During the second half of the revolution of shaft I18, a roller I93, secured on a cam I94 (Fig. 10), comes in engagement with the lever I84 and lifts it; the movement is transmitted by rod I82, lever I85, link I86 and lever I81 to the rod I88 and lever I9I, and the latter being placed under the repetition lever I52, therefore lifts it at every revolution of the cam shaft, this causing the forward movement of the drum 4, resulting in the cam shaft being again thrown in gear, and so on up to the end of the line.

After the last revolution of the cam shaft, that is to say when the last letter of the line has been cast, the line thus finished is pushed into the composing stick. At this moment, the mechanism I80 of the composing stick will enter in action, for causing the engagement of the drum for the following line.

The cams and levers of the composing stick I80 are arranged on the left-hand side of the machine and, as is well known, transport the cast type line to the galley immediately after the last letter has been cast, through the action of a particular pawl of drum 4 indicating that a line has started. At the end of this movement, the lever I19 of the mechanism of the composing stick I acts on the lever I83 secured on the rod I82 which transmits the movement to the repetition lever I 52 and causes the drum 4 to move forward;

By this forward-movement, the next pair of pawls 5, arranged in the drum, causes, as described above, the engagement of the cam shaft which subsequently automatically causes, after each letter cast, the engagement for the next letter, and this to the last letter of the line. The starting of the line for the composing stick again actuates the clutch of the cam shaft and determines the casting of another line, and so on.

It will be seen that each revolution of the cam shaft I18 would cause the lifting of lever I85 and of all those secured on the rods I82 and I88. Now this is unnecessary and undesirable during ordinary composing in which the operator himself controls the engagement of the drum by depressing keys.

During this time, according to the invention, the mechanism previously described is rendered inoperative. For that purpose, the rod I88 terminates in a knob I95 within reach of the operator. Moreover, the lever I9I carries, near its right-hand end, a hook I96 secured for instance by two screws (Figs. 11 and 12). Between the support I89 and the lever I81 is interposed a spring I91 which holds the rod I88,itslevers and the knob I95 in the position shown in Figs, 9 and 11. i

This position is that in which the mechanism is in action, that is to say when it is desired to terminate the casting of the lines or letters automatically. For normal composing, the operator pulls the knob I95 towardshim, he slightly turns it to the right and releases it. By this movement, he releases the lever I9I which is placed under the repetition lever I52 (Fig. 11) and places it in the position shown in Fig. 12. By turning theknob to the right, he moves, through the medium of the rod I88 and link I86, the lever I85 to the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 9. By releasing the knob, the hook I96 engages with a notch I96 provided in the support I and remains engaged therein under the pressure of the spring I91. In this position, the levers I83 and I84 are located sufiiciently far away, one from lever I19, andfthe other'from roller I84 in order that the movement of the camshaft and composing stick should have no action on said levers I83-and I84. Forresetting the device in action, the operator turns the knob I to the right for releasingthe hook I96 from the notch I96 under the action of the spring I91, the rod I88 slides and the levers again return under the action of their own weight, to'the position corresponding to the automatic'disengagements.

It will be remembered that in the "Rototype machine, the composing stick I48 receives the cast type, ejected from the mould one after the other, until the line is entirely terminated. The type 224 are held in the composing stick, onthe one hand, by two lower pawls 225 arranged in the composing stick and, on the other hand, bya movable head 226 acting as an upper pawl; at the end of the line, this movable head 226 moves the cast line towardsthe galley andreturns to'its original postion (Figs. 13 to 15).

Said movable head 226 is' set inmovement through the medium of a lever 221controlled by a cam 228 which, at the end of each line, is

caused to rotate through the action of a pawl 5 of drum 4.

Each of the cast lines has its own justification; the element which transmits to the mould the measurement of the spaces of the corresponding line is withdrawn at the end of the line and replaced by another similar element, but which transmits the measurement of the spaces corresponding to the next line. In this machine; if itis desired to compose or set lines divided into a pluralityof columns and to give to each column an exact length, each portion of the line, that is to say each column element, is considered as an independent line, having its own justification and it is composed accordingly.

It is known that the Rototype machine is provided with a counter of the thicknesses of the letters and with a counter of the spaces; at the end of each-line formed on the keyboard and recorded on the drum 4, the depression of a key automatically determines the justification; the latter consists in the measurement, in the line composed, of the gap remaining to be filled by the spaces, and in the division of this gap by the number of spaces contained in the line and recorded on thespace counter. The result of this automatic operation is transmitted on the elements which control the opening of the mould for the casting of the spaces, during the casting of the corresponding line. V

The central rod which, at the end of the line composed, by moving towards the rod of the counter measuresthe gap to be filled up in this same line, is following the invention replaced by as manyrods as there are columns in the table.

For four columns, for instance, a small carriage 229 (Figs. 16and 17) is provided with four holes in which are secured four rods Bil -98 of different lengths. The carriage takes the place of the simple rod used for the composing of nondivided lines. The lengths of the four rods are adjusted according to the width of the columns to be composed. They are such that the free end of the first rod 98 is, before composing, placed, relatively to the central rod of the counter, at a distance corresponding to the width of the first column, the end of the second rod at a distance corresponding to the width of the two first columns, etc.; the endof the last rod 98 is placed at a distance corresponding to the total width of the four columns, that is to say to the total width of the table.

The carriage 229 can be moved in a slide 238; in order that the suitable rod should be opposite the central rod of the counter. This displacement can be effected either by hand, or automatically. In the example illustrated, a hand displacement is provided. 8 A ball 23i, pushed by a spring against the wall of carriage 229, ensures the position of the latter. At the end of a column, the carriage is pushed from one position to the next, and, at the end of a line, it is restored to its original position. These rods 98 might also be arranged on a drum which would be caused to rotate for passing from one position to the other.

Under a flexible bar of the counter is held a strip of paper on which are marked the widths of the columns, so that the index secured on the central rod, moving at each letter formed on the keyboard, indicates that the end of the first column is nearly reached. The operator then depresses on the line end key as in ordinary composing. I

The-gap to be-filled up-in this first column is measured through the medium of the rod 98 of carriage 229; the measurement of the spaces for this first column is sent to the mould by the corresponding transmission element. The operator has previously moved. down the lever controlling the' return to zero of the counter of the thicknesses of the type formed, so that by depressing the line end key this counter is not moved backward.

The operator, before moving the rod 98 which has served for the justification of the first colum, moves the central rod towards said rod (-18 for the addition of the thicknesses of the type, in order that it should indicate the total length composed. He then pushes the carriage 229 so that the second rod 98 should come in front of this central rod of the counter.

He composes the second column, depresses the line end key, moves the central rod towards the second rod 98', causes the third rod to move forward, composes the third column, etc.

After justification of the fourth column, the operator pulls thecarriage 229 with its four rods to its starting position and immediately begins the composing of the second line.

It is necessary after casting each line section (column) that the head 226 should effect its movement for driving the type, that is to say without removing the type from the composing stick, so that the type of one column should be added to those of the preceding column until the line is complete. When the line is complete, it must be pushed towards the galley by the head 226, and this automatically, whatever may be the number of columns composing it.

For that purpose, the support of the composing stick carries a pair of pinions 232 and 233 mounted on a common shaft 233 provided at its other end with a knob 234 for rotating it by hand. This shaft 233, and the members it carries, is mounted in a bearing 235 secured on the rear part of the support of the composing stick, so that it can be very rapidly removed or replaced in position. In the bearing 235 is moreover provided a spring box 236 in which is arranged a piston 231 entering between the teeth of the pinion 233 and which holds the latter in the position in which it has been placed either by hand at the beginning of the composing, or mechanically for continuing the operation.

In the lower part of the support 148 of the composing stick is arranged a rod 238 carrying a pawl at each end. The left-hand pawl 239 is inserted between the teeth of the pinion 233; when the rod 238 is pushed towards the left, by the lever 221, under the action of the cam 228, this pawl moves pinion 233 to the extent of one tooth and of one tooth only. The movement of lever 221 being sufficient for transporting the type line cast is of great amplitude, but the rod 238 is pushed to the strictly necessary extent, owing to the second pawl 240 which sumciently projects to be engaged by lever 221, but the lefthand end of which, lowered by a spring (not shown) encounters a small incline 242 of the support, which lifts it, this releasing its righthand end from the lever after a necessary and sufficient displacement of the rod 238.

A two-arm lever 243 is rockably mounted on support I48; its left-hand end forming a nose 243 is inserted between the teeth of pinion 232; by the rotation of pinion 233, also keyed on shaft 233*, the arm of this lever resting on the head 226 is lowered.

Above thelever 243 is hunga finger 244 urged by a spring 245. -As long as lever 243 remains in its position of rest, these members are in the position shown in'Fig. 13. When the pinion 233 is rotated to the extent of one tooth by pawl 239, the right-hand arm of lever 243 lowers, thus lowering the head 226. The finger 244 pulled towards the left by the spring 245 moves out of the notch of lever 243 in which it was inserted and preventsthe right-hand arm of lever 243 from rising to its original position.

The right-hand end of the pivotally mounted head 226 is lifted and when it is actuated by lever 221, it passes over the cast type, without moving them. This lever has therefore effected its idle movement towards the left, and this every time a portion of the line (column element) is terminated. Thus, the cast column element or elements remain in the composing stick to the last one.

For each portion of the line (column) the pinion 232 rotates to the extent of one tooth; for the end of the line (after the last column), the nose of lever 243 does not encounter any tooth owing to a gap in the pinion 232; notwithstanding the rotation of pinion 232, the position of lever 243 is then not changed; the head 226 is not moved either and, remaining behind the type 224 which are in the composing stick, it moves the said type towards the left upon movement of lever 221. V

In the example shown in Fig. 13, the pinion 232 has twelve teeth and each fourth tooth is missing. For composing lines of three columns, each third tooth would be missing, for lines of two columns, each second tooth would be missing, for five columns, use would be made of a pinion having ten teeth (number divisible by five). The pinion 233 having no tooth missing and rotating at each impulse of the pawl 239 remains always the same.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:-

1. In a machine for casting and setting movable type, a frame carrying a plurality of matrix blocks, means for automatically putting, by a rotation of the entire group of blocks, one or the other of the latter in working position opposite the mould, and means for automatically starting this group of blocks.

2. In a machine for casting and setting movable type, an outer frame in which a plurality of shafts are arranged, matrix blocks on these shafts, two discs carrying these blocks, a central shaft having a plurality of sides,.bracing both discs and serving as a bearing ofr the blocks during casting of the type; two other discs carried by said central shaft, one of which serves for causing the group of matrix blocks to move forwards and the other serving to hold the matrix blocks in exact position in front of the mould.

3. In a machine for casting and setting movable type as claimed in claim 2, a lever rotating about said central shaft and provided, at its end, with a pawl entering a recess of the disc serving to move forward the group of matrix blocks, a lever controlled by a crank acting on the said pawl for causing said disc to rotate through a fraction of a revolution corresponding to the passage from one matrix block to the other.

4. In a machine for casting and setting movable type as claimed in claim 2, a locking lever extending in the notches of the disc serving to hold the matrix block in exact position in front of the mould, a lever for controlling this locking lever and which releases it in order that the group of matrix blocks can efiect a movement of rotation within the matrix-carrying frame.

5. In a machine for casting and setting movable type as claimed in claim 4, a disc secured on one of those carrying the shafts of the matrix blocks, notches in this disc in which is engaged a lever controlled by the locking lever so as to be released at the time the movement of rotation must take place for engaging it a little before the end of this movement in order to absorb the shock which takes place by the sudden stoppage of the whole at each revolution.

6. In a machine for casting and setting movable type, a system of lever rocking owing to the rotation of an, eccentric through a revolution, which rotation is allowed by the simple depression of a key of the keyboard in order to actuate the lever of the operations of each line end.

7. In a machine for casting and setting movable type as claimed in claim 6, levers set in action, upon rotation of said eccentric for holding stationary the screw capable of clamping the central shaft of the thickness counter, so as to prevent its clamping during the return to zero of the thickness counter and of the matrices until this central shaft and the carriage of the thickness counter have completely moved backward.

8. In a machine for casting and setting movable type, a shutter for correcting the position of the pawls of the drum which project insufficiently.

9. In a machine for casting and setting movable type, means for the automatic actuation of the lever causing the rotation of the drum, on the one hand, in, a line, by the effect of the rotation of the shaft controlling the casting and setting of the type and, on the other hand, at the end of a line by the efiect of the composing stick system, so that it becomes possible to cast type previously automatically recorded in a continuous manner and without depression, of any key on the keyboard.

10. In a machine for casting and setting movable type, as claimed in claim 9, means for rendering inoperative the mechanisms for this automatic'actuation upon rotation of the drum by forming letters on the keyboard.

11. In a machine for casting and setting movable type, means which at the end of the composing of the justified column element, prevent the type of this element being evacuated from the composing-stick towards the galley, except if this element is the last in the line, in which case the entire line is evacuated.

12. In a machine for casting and setting movable type, as claimed in claim 11, a toothed pinion having regularly distributed gaps in its teeth, so that at each end of a column element the passing of a tooth ensures the putting out of action of the member evacuating the type towards the galley, and that the passing of a gap, at the end of a line, allows, on the contrary, this evacuation.

13. A machine for casting and setting movable type, in which the rod of the counter of the width of the type is not reset to zero after justification of each line section, and in which a carriage carrying as many rods as there are columns can be moved in such a manner as to bring these rods opposite those of the counter, the lengths of these rods being such that the end of the first one is, before composing, placed relatively to the central rod of the counter at a distance corresponding to the width of the first column, the end of the second rod at a distance corresponding to the width of the two first columns, and so on.

FREDERIC DEVEZE. 

